The Takeout with Major Garrett, 4/20/26
The Takeout with Major Garrett
CBS News
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🗓️ 20 April 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
U.S. forces seized an Iranian vessel over the weekend. President Trump’s messaging continues to change about whether he would reach another deal with Iran. Charlie D’Agata reports from Tel Aviv about the state of the Strait of Hormuz. Aaron McLean joins Major at the touchscreen and Major touches on the breaking news that Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer has resigned with Ed O’Keefe at the White House. Jake Rosen discusses FBI Director Kash Patel’s new lawsuit against The Atlantic after their reporting that accuses Patel of excessive drinking and absence in his position that has worried his peers at the agency. Plus, Major interviews former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms about her gubernatorial run and Bill Nye the Science Guy about his advocacy in pushing for members of Congress to stop proposed cuts to NASA. All that and more on The Takeout!Â
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| 0:00.0 | Muddle in the Middle East. President Trump toggles between optimism and pessimism on a deal with Iran. |
| 0:06.9 | Sometimes he does so in the same hour. One constant, the Strait of Hormuz remains closed. |
| 0:14.5 | FBI director Cash Patel sues the Atlantic magazine for $250 million alleging defamation over a story saying Patel has a drinking |
| 0:24.2 | problem and is at times worryingly unavailable. |
| 0:29.2 | Keisha Lance Bottoms, former mayor of Atlanta, author of a new memoir and a leading Democratic |
| 0:34.5 | candidate for governor. |
| 0:35.7 | We discussed the book and that campaign. |
| 0:47.7 | Hello, everyone. |
| 0:48.5 | I'm Major Garrett in Washington. |
| 0:49.7 | Welcome to The Takeout. |
| 0:50.8 | Welcome to the Conversation Corner. |
| 0:53.1 | There is no point plotting or even trying to plot news today about the war with Iran, not from the perspective, at least, of President Trump. |
| 1:01.5 | Again today, he gave several of these snippet interviews. These are brief phone encounters where reporters get a couple of questions in, dutifully jot down the answers, and then |
| 1:11.6 | blast them out to a receptive but increasingly confused and bemused world. |
| 1:18.2 | In one of these snippet interviews, Trump said his vice president, J.D. Vance, was already on |
| 1:22.8 | his way to Pakistan for more peace talks. Then, somewhat awkwardly, Vance's motorcade pulled up to the White |
| 1:29.1 | House, and Trump then told another reporter, Vance hadn't left yet. Then Trump said he was |
| 1:35.4 | confident a peace deal would be reached. Then he said, if it wasn't reached, bombs would soon be |
| 1:43.0 | falling again. And all of that left into question what would happen to the ceasefire, |
| 1:49.0 | which is supposed to expire Tuesday, but Trump said might expire Wednesday. |
| 1:53.0 | Amid all this dissonance, it wasn't even clear if the Iranians would send negotiators to Pakistan. |
| 2:00.0 | Also unclear how the seizing this weekend of an |
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